| Dariush | |
| Pronunciation: | pronounced as /[dɒːɾˈjuːʃ]/ |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | Holding firm the good |
| Region: | Persia |
| Related Names: | Darius (surname), Dara, Dario, Daris, Daria |
| Derivation: | Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.);: | |
| Variant Forms: | Darius (given name) |
Dariush (Persian: داریوش), also spelled Darioush, Daryoush, or Daryoosh, is a Persian-language masculine given name. It is composed of and, meaning holding firm the good.[1]
Within the Achaemenid dynasty, three rulers of the Persian Empire held the name: Darius the Great (or Darius I), Darius II, and Darius III. It went on to enjoy considerable popularity as a given name among Persian noblemen in later periods. Historically, the name has been transliterated into Latin and later into English as "Darius" and is well-known to the Western world in this form.
The Modern Persian Persian: [[wikt:داریوش|داریوش]]|rtl=yes, Latin Latin: [[wikt:Darius#Latin|Dārīus]], Latin: [[wikt:Darius#Latin|Dārēus]], Greek Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: [[wikt:Δαρεῖος|Δαρεῖος]], Aramaic Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE);; Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE);: drwš, Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE);; Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE);: drywš, Elamite Elamite: Da-ri-ya-(h)u-(ú-)iš, Akkadian Akkadian: Da-(a-)ri-muš, Egyptian Egyptian (Ancient);: tr(w)š, Egyptian (Ancient);: trjwš, Egyptian (Ancient);: intr(w)š, Egyptian (Ancient);: intrjwš, Lycian Ñtarijeus-, and Old Persian Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.);: Dārayauš, are short forms of Old Pers. Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.);: [[wikt:|]], (Greek Greek, Modern (1453-);: Dareiaîos, Aramaic Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE);; Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE);: dryhwš, Elamite Elamite: Da-ri-(y)a-ma-u-iš, Akkadian Akkadian: Da-(a-)ri-ia-(a-)muš). The longer Old Persian Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.);: Dārayavauš is composed of Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.);: Dāraya- [hold] + Persian, Old (ca.600-400 B.C.);: va(h)u- [good], meaning "holding firm the good".[2]